How much different is the book from the TV series? Thinking of getting into the books

I can't speak firsthand, as I haven't read the books yet; but my friend has read &amp; watched, and says they are very similar. The show just leaves out a LOT of backstories/side stories/information that couldn't fit.

Shits it's been a proven fact that Jamie is unfuckwitable when it comes to that sword

Jamie the king slayer nigga

My du, u biased cus he self proclaims he can handle every knight but Baristan Selmy is prolly the best knight, the old man that was fired cus he let Robert baratheon die by the boar attack, Loras Tyrell, Brienne &amp; Jon Snow &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; King slayer. I am yet to see what's gonna happen to Baristan, Joffrey dispense was like a betrayal to him, I hope he joins the north

3rd season is going to be crazy, people say the 3rd book is the best and they are splitting in two seasons, wanna rly see what's up at Dorne, the place that was never conquered

Shits it's been a proven fact that Jamie is unfuckwitable when it comes to that sword

Jamie the king slayer nigga

My du, u biased cus he self proclaims he can handle every knight but Baristan Selmy is prolly the best knight, the old man that was fired cus he let Robert baratheon die by the boar attack, Loras Tyrell, Brienne &amp; Jon Snow &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; King slayer. I am yet to see what's gonna happen to Baristan, Joffrey dispense was like a betrayal to him, I hope he joins the north

3rd season is going to be crazy, people say the 3rd book is the best and they are splitting in two seasons, wanna rly see what's up at Dorne, the place that was never conquered

Now your underestimating Jamie....fighting in his own words is the only thing he's good at. I think he would fuck up Selmy and Loras. Brienne and Jon idk how they would do against him. Brienne is just big as fuck, he might be too fast for her. Give Jon a lil more battle experience and he could be a match for Jamie. He killed Ned's bodyguard on some g-shit with the knife to the face lol

Shits it's been a proven fact that Jamie is unfuckwitable when it comes to that sword

Jamie the king slayer nigga

My du, u biased cus he self proclaims he can handle every knight but Baristan Selmy is prolly the best knight, the old man that was fired cus he let Robert baratheon die by the boar attack, Loras Tyrell, Brienne &amp; Jon Snow &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; King slayer. I am yet to see what's gonna happen to Baristan, Joffrey dispense was like a betrayal to him, I hope he joins the north

3rd season is going to be crazy, people say the 3rd book is the best and they are splitting in two seasons, wanna rly see what's up at Dorne, the place that was never conquered

Now your underestimating Jamie....fighting in his own words is the only thing he's good at. I think he would fuck up Selmy and Loras. Brienne and Jon idk how they would do against him. Brienne is just big as fuck, he might be too fast for her. Give Jon a lil more battle experience and he could be a match for Jamie. He killed Ned's bodyguard on some g-shit with the knife to the face lol

I know several people that read the books, they didn't spoil shit but @ the scene where every guard near Jofrrey points their sword to Baristan Selmy neck he says 'If I draw my sword I would kill all of you' and there was like 20 guards standing there and my homies said he would fucking smash everybody.

And when Jaime talks to his cousin before he kills him he says that Baristan is one of the finest knights using 'He was a painter who only used red' to describe him. Dude is bad as fuck but we haven't seen literally nothing from him.

if i've only watched the first two season of this series and decided i wanted to read the books, would i be missing a lot of information by skipping the first two books to go straight to the third one?

I'm currently on the second book....I would say read the 1st two. You notice some things different but it jus dives deeper into the characters way better then the show.

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if i've only watched the first two season of this series and decided i wanted to read the books, would i be missing a lot of information by skipping the first two books to go straight to the third one?

I'm currently on the second book....I would say read the 1st two. You notice some things different but it jus dives deeper into the characters way better then the show.

alright cool, i ordered the 4-book set from barnes n noble for like $20.

Well i was a little slow getting on the whole Game of Thrones wagon, but fuck man. Kinda pissed i watched the 2 seasons so quick. Think ima have to invest in the books. But seriously i can only see it getting even fucking better.

For the show he's stated that he gave key points to the producers if he were to die.. but for the books, I takes like a minimum of atleast 5/yrs? He's in his early 60s I believe.. I think he'll finish it on time.

I wish that there were more episodes in the seasons.. but I'm guessing production value and cost will not mash. I haven't read any of the books but just from reading the plot outlines, they're leaving out a lot of stuff..

Seems like the show is on a faster pace, I wonder what would happen if the show caught up to the book before it ends? If they make each of the next upcoming seasons one half of a book, it would make sense.. given that 10 episodes per year.. equaling out to around 6yrs..

i don't think they can really afford to do more than 7 or 8 seasons. sopranos was hbo's most successful show ever and it had 7 seasons (if you count the second half of season 6 as another season).

this show is too expensive and has too few viewers. they make enough overseas/on home video for it to work, but really they're gonna have to abridge shit. i think for the upcoming books having so many concurrent storylines it'd make more sense to have episodes that focus entirely on one area/group of characters to speed it up. inching along every episode with 11 different plots isn't gonna be enough.

and look at what it did for an episode like blackwater, in terms of the quality of that episode.

for the book readers, did you guys still enjoy the series while knowing what was gonna happen? i read books 1 &amp; 2 after i watched the show, and i'm halfway through storm of swords. idk if i wanna spoil the story for myself.